Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1952. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 359-372).

The thesis Mounted on a Pedestal, chronicles the life of Bertha Honoré Palmer. The focus of her story are the years after 1910, when she traveled to Sarasota, Florida and heralded the flight to the southernmost state, leading the pack in the purchase and development of land in the Sarasota/ Tampa Bay area. The totality of her years prior to that time serve as a prelude to her accomplishments and the vicissitudes of her life in the sleepy little fishing village she found. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1849, she was provided with a privileged, comfortable childhood and a sheltered academic education at the most prestigious schools for young ladies of the day. She excelled academically and won high praise for her exemplary demeanor. She was beautiful, intelligent, musically gifted, a competent linguist and writer, an astute businesswoman, a paragon of graciousness, and politically savvy. She married business mogul, Potter Palmer, when she was twenty-one and he forty-four. Bertha Palmer was a pacesetter of haute couture; the society pages of the newspapers were filled with detailed descriptions of her gowns, her jewels and her lavish parties. Her Chicago homes were architectural masterpieces and she furnished them with treasures from renowned artisans. In 1900, she was appointed by President William McKinley as the only woman on the national commission to represent the United States at the Paris Exposition. Mrs. Palmer's most prominent position was as president of the Board of Lady Managers at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. She had close personal relations with the elite of American Society and European royalty. Following the death of her husband Potter, in 1902, Mrs. Palmer combined her life of splendor, advocacy, and mobility while pursuing every opportunity to increase the value of her holdings, principally with real estate investments. She had been bequeathed an estate worth eight million dollars. Before her death, she would more than double her net worth. She would invest in thousands of acres of land, build more homes and amass a fortune in possessions.

Submitted by JAIME ALBERTO RIVERA SOLIS (jrs2030@yahoo.es) on 2016-09-13T12:22:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TeseSolisFinalFichaCat..pdf: 17470931 bytes, checksum: 91c3f5a4bc5c139f8fe9d92f766a65a5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Felipe Augusto Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-09-16T19:57:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 solis_jar_dr_rcla.pdf: 17470931 bytes, checksum: 91c3f5a4bc5c139f8fe9d92f766a65a5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-16T19:57:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 solis_jar_dr_rcla.pdf: 17470931 bytes, checksum: 91c3f5a4bc5c139f8fe9d92f766a65a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Dentre as concepções metodológicas desenvolvidas para estudos integrados do meio ambiente, sobressai a teoria geoecológica, concebida, inicialmente, como Ecologia da Paisagem, a qual fundamenta-se nos estudos da associação dos seres vivos (biocenoses) com seu espaço natural (paisagem). Além disso, tendo em vista a planificação da paisagem e a proteção da natureza, a visão geoecológica incorpora a análise dos componentes socioeconômicos e socioculturais modificadores da paisagem (fator antrópico). Desse modo, a pesquisa aborda a problemática do uso insustentável da paisagem marinho-costeira, enfatizando a necessidade de reconhecer o espaço natural que caracteriza a faixa marinho-costeira, através do estudo dos recursos hidrobiológicos marinhos e dos ecossistemas litorâneos. Assim, com base nas inquietudes manifestadas pelos moradores das comunidades tradicionais de La Concepción, La Laguna, Purio e Mariabé, a área de estudo situa-se na bacia hidrográfica baixa do rio Purio (ao sul do Panamá), na qual localiza-se a unidade de gestão ambiental (a faixa marinho-costeira). A tese teve como objetivo geral aplicar a avaliação geoecológica da paisagem, fundamentada na proposta metodológica de Rodríguez (2012), procurando avaliar o grau de sustentabilidade ambiental da paisagem marinho-costeira, e justificar a proposta de zoneamento ambiental. Além disso, a pesquisa se respaldou na teoria Geoecológica de Troll (1963, 1973), nos princípios metodológicos da classificação Geoecológica da Paisagem a nível local, segundo Rodriguez, Silva e Cavalcanti (2004, 2007, 2010) e nas recomendações de Cavalcanti e Viadana (2007) sobre a análise da paisagem para a organização do espaço geográfico. Consequentemente, baseados no zoneamento funcional da paisagem, e por meio do trabalho de campo (conjuntamente com os líderes comunitários), foi possível pesquisar os principais processos geoecológicos degradantes, e delimitar as unidades geoecológicas na faixa litorânea, considerando os fatores paisagísticos de cunho ecológico e antrópico. Além disso, a determinação das unidades geomorfológicas geradas a partir dos dados SRTM se mostraram fundamentais para a realização do mapeamento das unidades geoecológicas na costa. Finalmente, os resultados evidenciaram que a avaliação geoecológica da paisagem possibilita as regulamentações para o desenvolvimento das atividades econômicas e da proteção ambiental, decisões que, por conseguinte, contribuem para melhorar a qualidade de vida das comunidades locais. / Among the methodological conceptions developed for integrated studies of the environment stands out the Geoecological theory, conceived initially like Ecology of the Landscape which bases in the studies of the association of the living beings (biocenose) with its natural space (landscape). Besides that, with regard to the planning of the landscape and the protection of nature, the geoecological vision incorporates the analysis of the socioeconomic and sociocultural components that modify the landscape (anthropic factor). In this way, the investigation tackles the problematic of the not sustainable use of the coastal landscape emphasizing the need to identify the natural space that characterizes the coastal marine band through the study of the marine hydrobiological resources and of the seaboards ecosystems. Like this, with base in the interests manifested by the inhabitants of the traditional communities of La Concepción, La Laguna, Purio and Mariabé; the area of study located in the low watershed of the river Purio (south of Panama), in which it locates the unit of environmental management (the coastal marine band). The thesis aimed to apply the geoecological evaluation of the landscape, based in the methodological proposal of Rodriguez (2012), it evaluates the degree of environmental sustainable of the coastal marine landscape, and justify the proposal of environmental zoning. Besides that, the investigation backed Trollʼs (1963; 1973) geoecological theory, in the methodological principles of the geoecological classification of the landscape at local level; according to Rodriguez, Silva and Cavalcanti (2004; 2007; 2010) and it follows the recommendations of Cavalcanti and Viadana (2007) on the analysis of the landscape for the organization of the geographic space. Consequently, based in the functional zoning of the landscape and by means of the work of field (jointly with the community leaders) was possible to investigate the main degrading geoecological processes, and delimiting the geoecological units in the seaboard band considering the ecological and anthropic elements of the landscape origin. Besides that, the determination of the geomorphological units generated from the data SRTM showed to be fundamental for the realization of the mapping of geoecological units in the coast. Finally, the results show that the geoecological evaluation of the landscape makes possible the creation of regulations and laws for the development of the economic activities as well as those for the environmental protection, decisions that, contribute to improve the quality of life of the local communities.